file1.txt
Washington,Louise,Mary,6,H,193 First St.
Washington,Ann,Carla,1,C,187 10th St.
file2.txt
Child,28,209-568-5177

file1 includes: last name,middle name, first name,# of children,parent code,address
file2 includes: child,age,address

What I'm trying to do is read line one of the file1.txt file if parent code is 'H' then I print that line as is but if parent code is 'C' then I include the information from file1 and go to file2 and retrieve that information for the child which is in the file2 file. So what my output looks like is:

Washington,Louise,Mary,6,H,193 First St.
Washington,Ann,Carla,1,C,187 10th St.,Child,28,209-568-5177


I have to go back to file1 which has infinite number of lines of data and read it and go to file2 only when it's a child and get that information to add to file1.

In reply to Re: Re: Multiple text files by Anonymous Monk
in thread Multiple text files by Anonymous Monk

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